cambridge MASSACHUSETTS
Harvard, Graduate School of Design
critics: Preston SCOTT COHEN.
suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.
Ben PENNELL: God knows how many millions of square feet are needlessly piled on top of Columbia’s existing Campus cloister. Jake Mckim, Chad Mead, and Lord White roll over in their respective graves as unadulterated Manhattanism steam-rollers in apple-sauced crissy crossies…
- Ben PENNELL, “Columbia Campus, Main”, Model Axon
- Ben PENNELL, “Columbia Campus, Main”, Model Elevation
- Ben PENNELL, “Columbia Campus, Main”, Section
- Ben PENNELL, “Columbia Campus, Main”, Plan
…Haussmann, remarkably alive and well, meanwhile guffaws, remarking something to the effect of: “BAS RELIEF HEJDUK STUFF -God bless!”
sP: What or who influenced this project?:
BP: Thom Mayne, Robert Venturi, Le Corbusier, Michaelangelo.
sP: What were you reading/listening to/watching while developing this project?:
BP: Greg Lynn, Peter Eisenman, Colin Rowe, Sonic Youth.
sP: Whose work is currently on your radar?:
BP: Charles Ray, Joyce Pensato, Jeff Koons, Jimenez Lai.
Credits:
http://benpennell.com/
